Biography
Jessica Williams is an American actress and comedian. Born on 31 July 1989 in Los Angeles, she studied at California State University, Long Beach before beginning her career in comedy.
She gained prominence as the youngest correspondent on The Daily Show (2012–2016, returning in 2024). She co-hosted the podcast 2 Dope Queens (2016–2019) and has appeared in films including Delivery Man (2013), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) as Eulalie 'Lally' Hicks, and Booksmart (2019) as Miss Fine.
On television she has played Gaby in Shrinking (2023–), for which she received Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and Meadow Watson (voice) in Entergalactic (2022).
